Call it a convenient coincidence: on the same day Live Nation announced Gun N' Roses would play its Fillmore Silver Spring, competitor I.M.P. announced the return of its glam and heavy metal festival to Merriweather Post Pavilion.

For the first time ever, the Sweetlife Festival — now entering its sixth year — will take over Merriweather Post Pavilion for two days, May 30-31. The expansion, along with the lineup, was announced on the Sweetlife website today.

So much for the notion of the Kennedy Center as an fusty old institution. Among the more than 2,000 performances planned for 2015-2016 is a season-opening, multidisciplinary skateboarding festival, complete with specially constructed skating area in the center's grounds. Local...

When the Firefly Music Festival released its 2015 lineup earlier this month, the first name was mysteriously blurred out, likely in an attempt to drum up some needed intrigue. Today the final headliner's name was released: Paul McCartney.